Huts on the Beach - Quotations
English Lit: AQA GCSE Lord of the Flies, topic 6.2.3
Quotations from Chapter 3:
Here are a few key quotations from Chapter 3:
Jack losing humanity
- “Bent double”.
- “His face a few inches away” from the ground.
- Moves in a “dog-like” way.
- A “madness” comes into his eyes.
- Jack becomes more animal-like as he becomes obsessed with hunting.
- “He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground. The opaque, mad look came into his eyes again”.
- The “opaque” look could symbolise that his humanity and reasoning have been blocked by his obsession and insanity.
Dark omen
- “You can feel as if you're not hunting, but-- being hunted”.
- Jack admits that he feels a dark presence around him when he is hunting on his own.
Test yourself on Huts on the Beach - Quotations
Which quotations does Golding use to describe Jack hunting?
What is said to come into Jack's eyes in Chapter 3?